Political Order and the Plural Structure of Society

by Skillen, James W.; McCarthy, Rockne M.

• ISBN13: 9780802848512
• ISBN10: 0802848516
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-01-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

This excellent volume explores three forms of pluralist theory -- those based on historical doctrines of custom and tradition, Catholic doctrines of natural law and subsidiarity, and Calvinist doctrines of sphere sovereignty and creation -- and compares and evaluates each of these forms of pluralism within the context of American thought.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: The Question of Pluralism	p. 1
History, The Unfolding of Society, and Human Fulfillment
The Weight of History: An Introduction to the Readings	p. 31
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)	p. 37
G. Groen van Prinsterer, Unbelief and Revolution (1847)	p. 53
Otto von Gierke, Community in Historical Perspective (1868)	p. 79
John Neville Figgis, Political Thought from Gerson to Grotius (1907)	p. 97
Jose Miguez Bonino, Doing Theology in a Revolutionary Situation (1975)	p. 115
Subsidiarity, Natural Law, and the Common Good
The Recent Catholic Tradition: An Introduction to the Readings	p. 137
Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum (1891)	p. 143
Pope Pius XI, Quadragesimo Anno (1931)	p. 161
Jacques Maritain, Man and the State (1951)	p. 175
Bishops of the Second Vatican Council, The Political Community (1965)	p. 197
U.S. Catholic Bishops, Economic Justice for All (1986)	p. 207
Sphere Sovereignty, Creation Order, and Public Justice
Progressive Calvinism: An Introduction to the Readings	p. 229
Abraham Kuyper, The Antirevolutionary Program (1873, 1880)	p. 235
Herman Dooyeweerd, Roots of Western Culture (1959)	p. 265
H. Evan Runner, Scriptural Religion and Political Task (1961)	p. 299
Bernard J. Zylstra, The United States Constitution and the Rights of Religion (1981)	p. 315
Bob Goudzwaard, Christian Politics in a Global Context (1977, 1980)	p. 333
Three Views of Social Pluralism: A Critical Evaluation
History, the Unfolding of Society, and Human Fulfillment	p. 357
Subsidiarity, Natural Law, and the Common Good	p. 377
Sphere Sovereignty, Creation Order, and Public Justice	p. 397
Epilogue	p. 419
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